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Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: I thank the Minister of State for giving way.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: That is not the issue.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: The Minister is asked the question.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: How the Minister gets the reply is up to her.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: They are entitled to it.

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Does the Minister of State agree the most important opportunity a member of any democratic parliament has is to ask a parliamentary question? Does he recognise that fact? If so, does he agree the service we are being provided with is nothing short of scandalous? Does he also agree the lottery system is a failure in that we manage to get through only six or seven parliamentary questions...

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Does he also agree that when a Deputy asks a question he asks it of the Minister, not the Department? The Department of Health and Children has more than 500 staff. Does he accept there would be nothing wrong with the Minister allocating a small number of them to answer parliamentary questions with them having secured information from the HSE? That is the issue at stake here. Ministers...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Half an hour.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: What about the clearing of the footpaths?

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: No one is doing anything about them.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: It is all over. The decisions have been made.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: We need to clear the footpaths.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: Thank God for that.

FINANCIAL RESOLUTION No. 14: INCOME LEVY (7 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: What will contributors get in return for the universal social charge? This is a con trick. It is more taxation.

FINANCIAL RESOLUTION No. 14: INCOME LEVY (7 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: The income levy was imposed as an emergency measure because of the financial circumstances the country was in. It was accepted on the basis that it would be dispensed with at some point. We are being asked to facilitate a con trick. We are being asked to pretend we are doing something that will give services to the public. We are about to concrete the income and health levies forever. I...

FINANCIAL RESOLUTION No. 14: INCOME LEVY (7 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: The Minister is joking.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: That was 13 years ago.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: It was 13 years ago.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: The country is booming.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Seán Barrett: We left the country in credit.